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How Cognitive Psychology Can Inform Our Teaching

April 24, 2019
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Adam Persky, cognitive psychology, E. Bliss Green, Mackenzie Dolan
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Early in my career, I was guilty of using instructional strategies without knowing why they work. The problem with this is you don’t know how to troubleshoot if things do not go well or whether techniques that work in... Read more

Beyond the Icebreaker: Building Community in the Classroom

April 9, 2019
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Career Guidance and Readiness Course, Franklin College, Kristin Flora
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While much attention has been paid to community building in online courses, the same emphasis should be placed on the merits of building community in face-to-face courses. Currently, I’m co-teaching an interdisciplinary course on cross-cultural conceptions of beauty. It... Read more

Partnering and Advocating for a Stronger Workforce: Remarks from the CCCAOE Spring Conference 2019

ACUE has been transformative—I can say that. It has completely changed the way I think. I evangelize whenever I can because I believe it’s what we need for the future. With all the changes happening in the community college... Read more

How an Inclusive Teaching Approach Helped Us Build a More Inclusive Curriculum for Our University

March 27, 2019
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curriculum, inclusive teaching, Kelly Hogan, viji sathy
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A few years ago, we were tasked with an exciting, yet daunting, task: think boldly about the general education (gen ed) curriculum on our campus, a large public research university. Among the questions the coordinating committee considered were: What... Read more

4 Ways to Lecture Beyond the Bullet Points

March 13, 2019
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lecture, Mark Paternostro, West Virginia University
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I review my lectures every year and update content, but every so often we need to rethink lectures beyond the bullet points. Here are some ideas to help you think about lecture activities that engage students and promote learning... Read more

Mary-Ann Winkelmes: Teaching Expos as Engines for SOTL

February 26, 2019
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mary-ann winkelmes, University of Nevada Las Vegas
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While UNLV has a tradition of excellence in scholarship and teaching, the UNLV Best Teaching Practices Expo in January 2017 was the first of its kind as a large, campus-wide event to call attention to scholarly, evidence-based approaches to... Read more

A Game-Changer in Accountability: Using Online Discussion Boards (Even in Face-to-Face Classes)

February 26, 2019
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active learning, Harry Brighouse, online discussion boards
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Instead of guessing what might be useful to students, I can make well-informed judgments about what they need. I can talk much less than I used to, and my talk is more useful than it was. Read more

Bring Your ‘A’ Game: Leveling Up Class Discussion by Incorporating a Sense of Play

February 12, 2019
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engagement triggers, Kansas State University, think-pair-share, Traci Brimhall
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I have been using a Jeopardy-style review game for midterms almost as long as I’ve been teaching. Those review days always go well. Students invest in the competitive aspect, and the categories of Jeopardy allow me to review key... Read more

Navigating the Need for Rigor and Engagement: How to Make Fruitful Class Discussions Happen

January 30, 2019
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Derek Bok, Facilitating effective discussions, Harry Brighouse
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Why do we lecture so much? All teachers experience a tension between the need for engagement and the need for rigor. Without rigor, the students won’t learn what we want them to; without engagement, they won’t learn anything at... Read more

AAC&U 2019: Faculty Centrality in Fulfilling the Promise of LEAP ELOs, HIPs, and VALUE

January 29, 2019
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AASCU, conference, Natasha Jankowski, penny maccormack, Rebecca Karoff
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Faculty are central to implementing ELOs, HIPs, and VALUE rubrics. What roles, supports, incentives, and change processes are necessary to ensure that faculty can create the learning conditions, with fidelity and at scale, for all of our students to... Read more

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